sd_bus_add_object_manager(3) — Linux manual page

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SD_BUS_A...T_MANAGER(3) sd_bus_add_object_manager SD_BUS_A...T_MANAGER(3)

NAME         top

       sd_bus_add_object_manager - Add a D-Bus object manager for a D-Bus
       object sub-tree

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

       int sd_bus_add_object_manager(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_slot **slot,
                                     const char *path);

DESCRIPTION         top

       sd_bus_add_object_manager() installs a handler for the given path
       that implements the GetManagedObjects() method of the
       org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface. See
       org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager[1] for more information.

       To implement the InterfacesAdded and InterfacesRemoved signals of
       the org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface, call
       sd_bus_emit_interfaces_added(3) and
       sd_bus_emit_interfaces_removed(3) whenever interfaces are added or
       removed from the sub-tree, respectively.

       When sd_bus_add_object_manager() succeeds, a slot is created
       internally. If the output parameter slot is NULL, a "floating"
       slot object is created, see sd_bus_slot_set_floating(3).
       Otherwise, a pointer to the slot object is returned. In that case,
       the reference to the slot object should be dropped when the object
       manager is not needed anymore, see sd_bus_slot_unref(3).

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, sd_bus_add_object_manager() returns a non-negative
       integer. On failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.

   Errors
       Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

       -EINVAL
           One of the required parameters is NULL or path is not a valid
           object path.

       -ENOPKG
           The bus cannot be resolved.

       -ECHILD
           The bus was created in a different process, library or module
           instance.

       -ENOMEM
           Memory allocation failed.

NOTES         top

       Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
       can be compiled against and linked to with the
       libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

       All functions listed here are thread-agnostic and only a single
       thread may operate on a given object at any given time. Different
       threads may access the same object at different times. Multiple
       independent objects may be used from different threads in
       parallel.

       The code described here uses getenv(3), which is declared to be
       not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the
       functions described here must not call setenv(3) from a parallel
       thread. It is recommended to only do calls to setenv() from an
       early phase of the program when no other threads have been
       started.

HISTORY         top

       sd_bus_add_object_manager() was added in version 221.

SEE ALSO         top

       sd-bus(3), busctl(1), sd_bus_add_object_vtable(3),
       sd_bus_emit_interfaces_added(3), sd_bus_slot_unref(3)

NOTES         top

        1. org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager
           https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#standard-interfaces-objectmanager

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